Hospitalists in Psychiatric Medicine

Between 30 and 60 percent of adult inpatients suffer from significant psychological dysfunction secondary to their medical illness that would qualify for a psychiatric consultation. To address this issue, many hospitals have adopted the hospitalist model of staffing and are incorporating psychiatric hospitalists to treat psychiatric patients who are in the hospital.

Watch this brief video of Larry Wellikson, MD, SFHM, CEO of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) discussing five things psychiatric hospitalists can do with SHM.

Psychiatric Hospitalist Practice Profiles

This map contains information about psychiatric hospitalist practices throughout the United States. Click the marker to view the information about any of the psychiatric hospitalist practices.

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(1) According to studies referenced in Practice Guidelines for Psychiatric Consultation in the General Medical Setting, Bronheim, H., Fulop, G., et al, Psychosomatics 39:S8-S30, August 1998